"trunk road" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trunk roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} trunk road (plural trunk roads)
  1. (UK) An important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries. Wikipedia link: trunk road Tags: UK Categories (topical): Roads Related terms: A-road, A road, motorway Translations (important main road): päätie (Finnish), mórbhóthar [masculine] (Irish), superstrada [masculine] (Italian), ard-raad [masculine] (Manx), stamvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), carretera troncal [feminine] (Spanish), stamväg [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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